Voice of Music record changer repairs

[Captainclock]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

The 78 rpm issue was simply alignment of the idler pulley moved down a bit by moving washers from the bottom of the idler to the top just under the c-clips. The Motorola changer is done as it works fully automatic on 78s, 45s and 33s

Now I have almost the exact same model but from the 1962 Philco. After removing, cleaning, aligning and lubing the motor/speed change mechanism, it works OK also. The issue from the beginning on this changer is:
When the stylus sets down on a record to play it, the unit switches off.

Sounds like what a Voice of Music record player I was working on for someone was doing except that the tone arm wouldn't set down on the record it would just move around the tone arm rest and then set back down onto the tone arm rest and then shut off, and that was because the record player needed another record on the changer in order to activate/trigger the changer properly. your issue might be a slight variation of that issue. try it with another record the changer besides the one you are playing and see what happens.